Acts of violence against abortion clinics and their employees have been carried out across the United States throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
   There were 1,700 acts of violence against abortion providers between 1977 and 1994, with four people killed in 1994 and one in 1993, according to statistics from the National Abortion Federation. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has logged 167 attacks against abortion clinics over the past 15 years.
   In 1984, there were 18 bombings against abortion clinics. In 1993, there were 78 death threats aimed at clinic employees. And, in 1996, bombings, threats and harassment affected about one-third of U.S. abortion clinics.

Use this clickable map to the left to find information on clinic attacks in your state. (Source: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 1982–1997) Reuters and the Associated Press contributed to this report.